Aug 12, 2012:

Lake Titicaca He He Ha Ha

Distance to Date: 6323 km, 3929 mi

Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world according to sources. It borders Peru and Bolivia and is the largest lake in South America. We rode past it on our way from La Paz, Bolivia to Cusco, Peru. It is a beautiful lake... but its name definitely wins the day!

A local bum enjoying a cream filled "conico." Wait, isn't that Tauru?

Tauru gets bike envy as he spots this snazzy tricycle.

"Alaska-able?"

The trike's owner contemplates the exchange.

He wonders if it's more stable than the tandem. And turns?

"Wanna to try the tandem?"

Time to give it a try.

Onlookers wonder what's going on.

Tauru tries to convince him to come to Alaska.

He smiled, but couldn't; so we cross the border into Peru.

Tauru fills out the required paperwork to get the stamps in our passports.

We meet a Brazilian cyclist who is pedaling 20,000 km in 8 months around South America. We speak to each other in a collage of Portuguese and Spanish (i.e., Spanguese).

That night, we camped behind a "trucha" (trout) stand. After filling our bellies with heaping portions of fried fish on rice, one of the ladies gave us a "regalo" (gift) of a huge trout fillet. In the morning, Tauru wonders what to do with the trucha.